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WI NEEES VENTEIR (NoMudeL) T. A. WEBER.

FENCE POST.

No. 250,858 Patented Dec. 13,1881.

A "a 4 4 I v v v 4 Rye UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE A. WEBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SUSAN O. NIGH- OLSON,OF SAME PLACE.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,858, dated December13, 1881. Application filed September 16, 188]. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE A. WEBER, of the city and county of NewYork, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Fence-Posts, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to posts which are made of angle-iron, and areadapted to be inserted in the ground by driving.

The invention consists in the combination, with such a post, of twobraces composed of stakes or end portions adapted to be driven in theground, and links pivoted to the sides of the post so as to extend atright angles to each other, and also pivoted to said stakes or endportions. The two braces then extend at the same angle to each other asdo the sides of the post, and when driven serve to brace the posteffectively, to enable it to withstand strains in various directions.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a portion of a fencecomposed of barbed wire secured to my improved posts. Fig. 2 representsan elevation of a post having my improved braces as set in the earth,and Fig. 3 represents a top view of a post having two braces.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the posts, which are made of angle-iron.

The portion of fence here shown is composed of barbed wire a, which isattached to the posts by means of staples inserted through holes in theposts and clinched on the opposite sides thereof.

Each brace is composed of two portions, B B, pivoted together by arivet, d. The end portion, B, constitutes a stake, which may be readilydriven in the earth, and may be made 40 of considerable width or breadthin a direction parallel with the length of its pivot d, so that thebroad face or side will be toward the post, and will ofier a greatresistance to any side strain upon the post, which it is calculated to 5resist.

The part B of the brace consists of a link, which is pivoted to the postby a rivet, b, or otherwise, as very clearly seen in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 2 the stake portion B is driven at an angletoward the post A;but, if desired, it may be driven at an angle away from the post, asshown in dotted outline.

The two braces are attached to the two sides of the post, so that whendriven they will stand approximately at right angles to each other, asshown in Fig. 3, and will; therefore, be very effective in bracing thepost against strains in various directions. When the posts are to betransported the brace may be swung

